ADMIN: Who Said That?

[eloiseherisson at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 76079

Greetings from Hexquaters!

There seems to have been an increase recently in the number of posts which 
fail to attribute quotes.

Please would you make sure that you do this. It is a matter of basic courtesy 
to the previous poster to acknowledge them and (given Yahoo!'s imperfect 
threading function) it helps anyone who might want to go back to find the quoted 
post to know who wrote it.

Similarly, please don't just launch into a post with "That's a great idea"or 
"I agree", without letting us know whom you're agreeing with and (briefly!) 
what the idea is.

Please attribute *clearly* and *accurately* and don't just rely on automatic 
nested attribution:

........................

---In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Harry"> <Harry at Pott..wrote:> ---In 
HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Dick > <dicktracy at y...> wrote:> > ---In 
HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Tom" <triddle at y. > wrote:
>>>Phoenix tears....I forgot
>>>
>>
>>Lucky for Harry that Voldemort always seems to have such memory lapses
>Luck? What's luck got to do with anything?
>
>Harry
........................................

is not particularly clear, whereas

..............................
Tom:
>>>Phoenix tears....I forgot

Dick:
>>Lucky for Harry that Voldemort always seems to have such memory lapses

Harry:
>Luck? What's luck got to do with anything?
...............................

leaves no room for error.

Please attribute quotes *at the top*. Do not just leave a signature at the 
bottom, which may later (on quoting) look like the attribution of *your* 
comments.

On a related issue, if you are referencing a theory or idea which you know 
you have heard previously in this group, would you please also acknowledge that 
fact?

It is not uncommon for a number of people to come up with the same theory 
independently, but if you *know* your idea is not original and you  know who 
*did* come up with the it, please mention them as a courtesy or (if you can't 
remember who) at least indicate that you have *read* the theory.

Many thanks

The HPfGU Admin Team.


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